Buddy Rich 1946 - 1948 - discography.txt
BUDDY RICH AND HIS ORCHESTRA 1946-1948 (Classics 1099)
DISCOGRAPHY
BUDDY RICH AND HIS ORCHESTRA: Buddy Rich-d dir. Sid Illardi-Louis Oles-William "Bitsy" Mullens-Fincus "Pinky" Savitt-William Karl-"Bama" Warwick-t/Sam Hyster-Johnny Mandel-Dave Sickles-Earl Swope-tb/Les Clarke-Aaron Sachs-as/George Berg-Mike Blanes-ts/Sid Brown-bar/Tony Nichols-p/Leonard "Len" Mirabella jr.-g/Joe Shulman-b.
New York, late December 1945 or early January 1946.
JDB-146 Quiet Riot V-Disc 691-B
JDB-178 A Little Handicap V-Disc 705-B
BUDDY RICH AND HIS ORCHESTRA: Buddy Rich-d dir. Paul Cohen-Bitsy Mullens-Jimmy Pupa-Karl Warwick-t/Sam Hyster-Earl Swope-tb/Johnny Mandel-tb/Les Clark-Romeo
Penque-as/George Berg-Mike Blanes-ts/Sid Brown-bar/Tony Nichols-p/Lenny Mirabella-g/Joe Shulman-b/Dorothy Reid-v/Eddie Finckel-Billy Moore jr.-a.
New York, February 5, 1946.
213 Dateless Brown - aEF Mercury 3001
214 You Got Me Cryin' Again - vDR Mercury 2060
215 Desperate Desmond - Mercury 2060
216-1 It Couldn't Be True - vDR/aBM Mercury 3001
BUDDY RICH AND HIS ORCHESTRA: Buddy Rich-d-v dir. Tommy Allison-Lou Oles-Pinky Savitt-Karl Warwick-Bitsy Mullens-t/Al Lorraine-Johnny Mandel-Earl Swope-tb/Les Clark-Aaron Sachs-as/George Berg-Mickey Rich-ts/Sid Brown-bs/Tony Nichols-p/Jimmy Johnson-b/The Woodchucks-v/Eddie Finckel-Turk Van Lake-a.
Los Angeles, April 25, 1946.
361 Quiet Riot - aEF Mercury 3017
362 Baby, Baby All The Time - vBR/aEF Mercury 3017
363 Route 66 - vBR/aTVL Mercury 3025
364 The Iggity Song - vW Mercury 3025
BUDDY RICH AND HIS ORCHESTRA: Buddy Rich-d-v dir. Tommy Allison-Red Rodney-Pinky Savitt-Billy Mullens-t/Al Lorraine-Johnny Mandel-Earl Swope-tb/Les Clark-Jerry Therkeld-as/George Berg-Mickey Rich-ts/Sid Brown-bar/Tony Nichols-p/Jimmy johnson-b/Eddie Finckel-Tadd Dameron-a.
New York, September 10, 1946.
530 It's About Time - vBR/aEF Mercury 3038
531 Ready To Go Steady - vBR/aEF Mercury 3037
532 Rich-ual Dance - aEF Mercury 3038
533 Oop-Bop-Sha-Bam - vband/aTD Mercury 3037
BUDDY RICH AND HIS ORCHESTRA: Buddy Rich-d dir. Tommy Allison-Sam Fishelson-Phil Gilbert-Bill Howell-t/Bob Asher-Mario Daone-Chunky Koenigsberg-tb/Eddie Caine-Jerry Thirkeld-as/Allen Eager-Mickey Rich-ts/Harvey Lavine-bar/Harvey Leonard-p/Gene Dell-g/Tubby Phillips-b/Stan Kay-d/Linda Larkin-v/Eddie Finckel-Bill Channon-Tadd Dameron-Neal Hefti-a.
New York, April 11, 1947.
JB-440 Nellie's Nightmare - aEF V-Disc 790-B
JB-441 Daily Double - aNH V-Disc 775-B
JB-442 What Is This Thing Called Love V-Disc 779-B
JB-443 I Believe - vLL/aBC V-Disc 802-B
JB-443 Just You, just Me - aTD V-Disc 802-B
BUDDY RICH AND BAND: Buddy Rich-d-v dir. Dale Pearce-Charlie Walk-another-t/Mario Daone-Rob Swope-another-tb/Hal McKusick-as/Jimmy Giuffre-ts-a/Ben Lowry-Warne Marsh-ts/Harvey Lavine-bar/p/b/Stan Kay-d.
New York, October 28, 1948.
J-662 A Man Could Be A Wonderful Thing - vBR V-Disc 891-A
J-662 La Carioca V-Disc 891-A
J-679 Four Rich Brothers - aJG V-Disc 899-B
"Buddy Rich was arguably the greatest drummer of them all. Not, perhaps, the greatest musician to play the drums, but the most phenomenally equipped." (Dan Morgenstern)
Bernard "Buddy" Rich was born in New York, on September 30, 1917. His parents appeared in a vaudeville act as "Wilson and Rich" where little Buddy Rich was already featured when he was barely two years old! Billed as "Traps, the
drum wonder", he began his career in show business earlier than just about any other jazz musician. While still a toddler, he began to tour with his parents' act through the U.S. and also visited Australia. At four, he was also doing a tap-dance routine. And by the time he turned 11, he was already fronting his first band. The drummer's jazz career began in 1936 when he played with Art Shapiro before joining Joe Marsala's band the following year. Subsequently, he
fulfilled a string of engagements with many of the best big bands of the period. After Bunny Berigan's, he joined Harry James and his Orchestra. Stints with Artie Shaw were followed by a longer period in Tommy Dorsey's band that lasted until Rich was drafted in 1942. After his discharge from the Marines in 1944, the drummer returned to Dorsey. Frank Sinatra financed Buddy Rich's own big band which he set up in 1945. Although the orchestra played fine charts and
featured skilled players, the time was not right for big bands. He broke it up in late 1946 and next began his association with Norman Granz. The drummer was regularly featured at JATP concerts and made many studio-sessions for Granz. Intermittently, he worked with other big bands and also fronted his own groups for shorter periods. In the fifties, he played once again with Tommy Dorsey and often with Harry James, including many tours. By 1966, Rich decided to
form his own big band once more wich proved very successful. Throughout the seventies and early eighties, he toured regularly, either with this band or with smaller combos. He also owned a night club in New York ("Buddy's Place") for a
few years where he often appeared until the late seventies. Buddy Rich
died in Los Angeles, on April 2 1987, a few months short of his 70th birthday.
Volume one of the recordings of Buddy Rich opens with the complete recordings by his own first big band. His crew featured several young musicians that later became quite famous. However, the focus was less on solos than on clean
ensemble playing with the occasion flash by the leader. The trombone section included Earl Swope and Johnny Mandel. The latter penned a good number of magnificent arrangements for Count Basie's band in the fifties. After recording two fine instrumentals for V-Disc, Buddy's band next produced three little-known sessions for the relatively new Mercury label. Ed Finckel's Basie-ish "Dateless Brown" leads into the first of only two vocals by Dottie Reid. Her lovely singing is rather reminiscent of late-thirties music. Buddy Rich, himself a highly competent vocalist - influenced more than a little by his close friend Frank Sinatra - is also heard. Buddy Rich's excellent, yet not overly original big band could not find enough good, lucrative engagements and had to be broken up in late 1946.
The remaining tracks feature Buddy Rich with a temporary new band as well as with pick-up groups he assembled for several V-Disc sessions. A few more recordings by the drummer with Ella Fitzgerald are available on Classics 998. To be continued...
Anatol Schenker, October 1999.
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